On Sun, 2010-12-12 at 19:44 +1100, Miroslav Pokorny wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Matthew Farwell
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>         Because the inventor didn't have a beard.
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> http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/tamir/archive/2008/04/28/computer-languages-and-facial-hair-take-two.aspx
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>         Matthew.
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> No wonder its tough for women to get into computer languages :) Cobol
> lasted quite a while yet i dont recall Grace Hopper having a beard.

Sex (or gender if that is the noun you prefer) is not a determinant
here, it is down to whether you stick with your sex (gender) stereotype.
Women cannot grow beards so having a beard cannot be a factor for them.
Men can grow beards, some do, some shave.  Shaving beards off is trying
to look more like a woman.  Failure is therefore determined by being a
man trying to look like a woman.

Of course heart attacks are caused by televisions -- this is provable
statistically.

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